Dirk Schortemeier
Dirk Schortemeier (* 7. April 1943 in Gelsenkirchen , † 21st August 2015 in Cologne ) was a German singer, playwright and author of musical theater - revues .
Career
After graduating from high school, he studied music and theater studies as well as singing. As a singer, he won several international singing awards and gave concerts at home and abroad. Various recordings, radio and television recordings were made with Schortemeier. He was the director of incidental music at theaters in Cologne, Berlin and the Thalia Theater in Hamburg.
Schortemeier was primarily known as an author with translations and adaptations of revues and musicals. From 1974 he worked as an editor and producer for the Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln . Among other things, moderations for radio and television programs were created. With his recitations he won several record awards. From 1994 he developed the series “Opera at the Piano” at the Bonn Opera, where he worked as a reciter. In 1996 he appeared as Theseus in Georg Benda's melodrama Ariadne auf Naxos in the Stadthalle Wuppertal am Johannisberg .
At Westdeutscher Rundfunk he was best known for the program “Schellack-Schätze” on WDR 4, for which he was responsible for more than a quarter of a century. Schortemeier was also manager of the WDR radio orchestra for many years. From 2007 he was a lecturer at the University of Bremen and the Detmold University of Music .
Schortemeier was buried at sea .
Web links
- Schortemeier at Jussenhoven & Fischer
- Schortemeier at Online Musik Magazin , April 1996, accessed on October 11, 2016.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schortemeier, Dirk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and radio journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gelsenkirchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 2015 |
| Place of death | Cologne |